Summers in San Diego can be fun, with quick access to recreational opportunities like pickleball, aerial skills classes, roller skating, hiking, etc. However, swimming remains the top favorite activity for most. While spending time in the pool feels relaxing, one cannot overlook the severe and fatal injury risks caused by drowning or others. These incidents can happen in private homes, hotel pools, and community pools. Most types of pool accidents can be attributed to negligence. Knowing the risks and proper legal measures is crucial to protect your interest even in that situation.
- Sources of swimming pool injuries
Whether fatal or not, drowning can be dangerous, triggering lung tissue trauma, brain damage, or seizures. Victims often include toddlers (ages one to four) and younger kids (ages five to fourteen) having fun in or around the swimming pool. Reasons for drowning can be the absence of lifeguards as they possess the necessary skills to save them from severe injuries or death. Having someone watch kids, even during house parties around the swimming pool, can be helpful. While many facilities appoint lifeguards for this job, these professionals can fail due to a lack of focus or distraction. In those circumstances, the blame falls on the lifeguard, business owner, or pool owner. They can be liable for negligence. No matter the person or situation responsible for this accident, a personal injury lawyer can guide you or the other victim to recover compensation for treatment.
The attorney can also guide if the injury is caused by slipping, falling, or tripping in the pool. People face such events due to floating devices, wet poolside tiles, stray poles, toys, loose ropes, etc. Any of these can hamper a person’s balance and result in severe injuries. You may also contact a legal advisor if you hurt your wrists, ankles, toes, and fingers after getting trapped in the drain grating. Such incidents are likely to occur when you dive deeper to reach the drain inside a pool.
They can even tell you how to claim damage for suction-based drain injuries that involve getting caught in the drain of the pools or hot tubs. Some drains can trap anything from jewelry to hair to a body part. Exposure to high chlorine content in a pool and facing burns, nausea, respiratory troubles, or skin irritation can also be counted for damage claim eligibility.
- Liable parties for pool accidents
Accidents can happen in a community or even in a residential pool. Any liability in shared spaces can be challenging to prove. Generally, as a homeowner’s association (HOA) member, you can hold the body responsible for your injuries or accidents in shared pools. If it is private property, the owner will bear the brunt. Whether you face a situation at a community or private pool, you can trust your advocate to take you through the entire process and get fair compensation.
The impact of physical injuries transcends the boundaries of bodily pain and suffering and affects your mental and emotional health. Depending on the extent of seriousness, a victim’s quality of life and finances can also take a tremendous beating. Damage claims from a liable party may not ease the entire distress but can help improve your life. Hence, consider legal help.
